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Peter Salerno Cookbook Preview: Eight Pasta Dishes That Will Wow You

We recently reported about a highly anticipated series of cookbooks forthcoming from Peter Salerno, CMKBD. (Peter is the owner and founder of Peter Salerno Inc., the most award-winning custom kitchen and bath design firm of the 21st century – and an exceptional chef!)

“The response was so overwhelming I had no choice but to start putting together recipes immediately, so here we are!” Peter recently explained to us in a phone interview.

Lobster ravioli with Grand Marnier sauce, all made from scratch – to appear in Peter Salerno’s pasta cookbook.

Earlier this week, Peter Salerno put out a survey on his Facebook account, asking friends and followers to vote on 8 different homemade pasta dishes for his cookbook. The top 4 dishes in the vote were guaranteed to make the cookbook. There was only one problem…

As a result, Peter is now hard at work refining and perfecting all 8 pasta recipes, based on Sicilian tradition, family secrets, and his travels to fine dining establishments, conversations with world-class chefs, and attending CIA culinary classes.

As if THAT wasn’t enough to get you drooling, Peter also announced a partnership with David Hamburger of Acker, Merrall & Condit, wine merchants of New York City since 1820. David is a top wine educator, and will be working closely with Peter Salerno to create exceptional wine pairings for each of these pasta dishes!

In no particular order, here are 8 pasta dishes that will appear in Peter Salerno’s debut pasta cookbook:

Lobster ravioli with a Grand Marnier cream sauce (the winner of the vote)

Fettuccine with a wild mushroom and cream sauce, topped with black truffles (2nd place in the vote)

Rigatoni with a puttanesca sauce

Cavatelli with broccoli rabe and sausage

Penne alla Norma (eggplant, tomato,basil)

Pappardelle al Cinghiale (wild boar sauce)

Fettuccine with bolognese and sweet peas

Lobster, macaroni and 3 Italian cheeses

The pasta cookbook will only be the first in a series of installments from Peter Salerno, who states that pasta felt like the most organic place to start the series.

“I wanted to make sure each of the pasta dishes we presented was unique,” Peter explained. “There will be classics like Cavatelli with broccoli rabe and sausage, and then a bit more exotic offerings like Pappardelle with Cinghiale, with is a wild boar sauce.”

Peter Salerno creates homemade pasta with his granddaughter, Jesse.

For Peter Salerno, one of the real joys of creating pasta dishes is the ability to do so with his family. In the beautiful moment captured above, Peter Salerno rolls out homemade fettuccine with his granddaughter Jesse. It’s part of the Salerno family tradition, passing down old-world Sicilian traditions and recipes through generations.

Part of Peter’s appeal as a custom kitchen designer is his expertise in actually using kitchen design to its fullest. For over two decades, professional chefs and avid home cooks have trusted Peter Salerno Inc. to create state-of-the-art kitchen designs that not only look beautiful, but function as a world-class, operational kitchen.

So, we’re curious – which of the eight pasta dishes listed above sounds most appetizing to you? Which one are you most excited to see appear in Peter Salerno’s forthcoming cookbook? Let us know in the comments below!

Peter Salerno’s NKBA Best Kitchen of 2012, designed for two professional chefs. (Credit Peter Rymwid)

Homemade Pappardelle w/ Shredded Beef in Chianti Reduction

“I decided a long time ago that if I wanted to make world-class kitchens, I ought to know how to use them,” Peter Salerno says.

As a result, Peter Salerno is not only the most award-winning kitchen and bath designer in North America over the last decade, but also quite an accomplished chef.

This weekend, Peter Salerno treated his family to an authentic Italian meal made from scratch – homemade black pepper pappardelle. The Salerno homemade black pepper pappardelle recipe is a long-held family secret, so unfortunately we can’t share all the details with you here (sorry!) – but we do have some great photos to show you.

After making his own pappardelle from scratch…

Peter took his homemade pasta to the next level by adding shredded beef, which was cooked in a Chianti Classico wine reduction. He then finished the dish in a plum tomato sauce.

Check out the photos for yourself – and comment if you like what you see!